Acquisition of Cyprus Citizenship by Naturalization Based on Years of Residency
Naturalization is the official administrative act, by which a country confers the status of the citizen (citizenship) to someone who until then was a citizen of another or no country. Following its naturalization, the person is provided with all the necessary public documents (identification card, passport, etc.) and is being treated, legally, the same way as the rest of the country’s citizens, regarding both its rights and obligations.
Application for naturalization is being submitted by foreigners who have completed seven years of legal residency in the Republic of Cyprus before the application’s submission date, under the condition that the applicant during the last period of twelve months preceding the application’s submission date was residing continuously and legally in the Republic of Cyprus.
The aforementioned application should be accompanied by the following documents:
- Birth Certificate, of the applicant (original and copy);
- Marriage Certificate, of the applicant (original and copy);
- Divorce Certificate, of the applicant (original and copy), (if applicable);
- Certificate of Non-Criminal Record, of the applicant, issued by the Police (original);
- Passport, of the applicant, showing its personal information, as well as all the stamps of arrival and departure from the Republic of Cyprus, during the last, at least, 7 years preceding the application’s submission date (original and copy);
- Statement of Residency, of the applicant, in the Republic of Cyprus (original);
- Last Residence Permit, of the applicant, in the Republic of Cyprus, which shouldn’t be expired (original and copy);
- Alien Book/ A.R.C. (original and copy);
- Two consecutive publications in a daily newspaper, of the Republic of Cyprus, by which the applicant publishes its intention to apply for naturalization in order to acquire the Cyprus citizenship (original);
- Two photographs, passport size, certified by the Mukhtar of the parish in which the applicant resides.
All public documents which are being issued abroad must:
- Bear official translation in Greek or English by the Press and Information Office (P.I.O.) of the Republic of Cyprus, the Embassy/ Consulate of the applicant or by a Governmental Department of the applicant’s country.
- Be duly certified:
- either by the APOSTILLE seal in case that the country has signed the Hague Convention of 1961;
- either in case that the country has not signed the Hague Convention of 1961, by a seal from the Ministry of External Affairs of the applicant’s country as well as a seal from the Embassy/ Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus in that country, either by a seal from the Ministry of External Affairs of the applicant’s country as well as a seal from the Embassy/ Consulate of the applicant’s country in the Republic of Cyprus and then to be additionally certified by a seal from the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus.
In case that the country has not signed the Hague Convention of 1961 and has not an Embassy/ Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus, the documents should be certified by a seal from the Ministry of External Affairs of the applicant’s country and after that from the closest Embassy/ Consulate which is accredited in the Republic of Cyprus.
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